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W. STEGER.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1910.

1,010,700. Patented Bea 5,1911.

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WILLIAM STEGER, OF LINDEN HEIGHTS, OHIO.

SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Dec, 5, 1911.

Application filed November 1, i910. Serial no. 590,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Linden Heights, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Screen, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to screens for use in windowor door openings andhas for its object, the provision of an all metal screen which is cheaptomanufacture and neat in appearance, it being possible to quickly andreadily rewire the screen whenever desired, and without the necessity ofemploying tools of special construction.

A. further object is to "provide a screen which can be readily placed inorremoved from position and which utilizes resilient means for holdingit. in any position to which it may be moved and without necessitatingthe employment of counter balances or the like. I

With the foregoingand other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made. within the scopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown. In said drawings,-Figure 1 is a front elevation of awindowscreenconstructed in accordance with the-present invention, the guidecleats being shown partly in section and partly in'elevationn Fig.- 2 isa top plan view of the screen, the cleats being shown in section. Fig. 3is a perspective view of a por-.

tion of the screen. Fig. 4 is a section through one of the stripsincluded in the screen structure. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a cornerportion of a screen door having the present improvements embodiedtherein.- Fig. 6 is a section on line AB' Fig. 5.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 and 2 designatethe stiles, and 3 and 4 designate the top and bottom strips,

respectively, of a window screen. Each stile.

and strip is formed of sheet met-a1 and consists of a metal strip havinga longitudinally extending flange 5 along the outer edge thereof and thefree longitudinal edge of this flange is curved inwardly to a slightextent as indicated at 6. The other longitudinal edge portion of thestrip is folded upon itself, as indicated at 7 and is bent at an acuteangle to the intermediate portion of the strip so as to overhang saidintermediate portion and thus cooperate with the flange 5 to form apocket or channel extending throughout the length of the strip. Aretaining strip 8 is insertible into the channel and has onelongitudinal edge portion bent at an obtuse angle, as at 9, while theother longitudinal edge portion is bent to overe hang the intermediateportion of the strip 8 and is curved transversely to form a stop flange10. Each of the strips constituting the stile and top and bottom stripshas its ends beveled so that, when the said stiles and top and bot-tomstrips are assembled, the beveled end will fit snugly and form arectangular frame. The meeting end portions of the stiles and top andbottom strips are preferably secured together by means of angular tieplates 11 riveted or otherwise secured to 1 one face of the meetingmembersof the screen and having flanges 12 adapted to fit snugly uponthe flanges 5 and 7 as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. i

Each of the stiles 1 and 2 has one or more notches 13 cut into theflange 5 so as to permit a screw-driver or other similar tool to beinserted into the channel in the stile and back of the flange 10. Thebottom strip at is similarly provided with a notch such as shown at 14:-

The rail 4 has one or more openings 15 cut into its strip 8, there beinga box-like portion 16 upon the strip 8 and surrounding this opening. KThese openings and the boxlike portion 16 are adapted to receive thefingers of the hand so that a grip may be conveniently had upon thescreen for the purpose of shifting it vertically. Bow springs 17 areconnected to the stile 2 close to the openings 15, one end of eachsprlng being projected through a slot 18 within the flange 5 of thestile, while the other end of the screen toward one side of the windowframe and compressing the springs 17, the other side of the screen willbe free to swing past the narrow flange 21, thus enabling the screen tobe bodily moved from the window opening. Springs 17, by bearingconstantly against the adjacent guide cleat 19, serve to support thescreen in any position to which it may be moved and, therefore, itbecomes unnecessary to utilize counter-balances or the like.

The screen fabric, indicated at 22, is held upon the stiles, and the topand bottom strips, by the holding strips 8. When it is desired to placethis fabric upon the screen, all of the strips 8 are removed. This isdone by inserting the end of a screw-driver or the like into therecesses or notches 13 and 14 so as to pry the strips 8 out of thechannels in which they are located. The strip 8 of the upper or topstrip 3 of the frame will thus be loosened sufliciently to permit it tobe lifted out of its seat. The screen fabric is then placed upon thestiles and upon the top and bottom strips 3 and 4: and bent back intothe channels and then the strips 8 are placed in the channels, theflanges 9 being first inserted after which the flanges 10 are pressedthereinto and sprung back of the curved edge portions 6 of the flanges5. Obviously, whenever it is desired to rewire the screen, it is merelynecessary to reverse the foregoing operation. 7

To embody the above described improvements in a door structure, it ismerely necessary to form rabbets 23 in the stiles and the top and bottomstrips of the door and to secure the metal stiles and top and bottomstrips within the rabbets by means of screws 24 or the like. This isshown in Figs. 5 and 6. In other respects the structure used inconnection with a door is similar to that hereinbefore described withthe exception that the corner plates 12 are dispensed with. Ifpreferred, also, angular wear plates 25 may be secured to the doordirectly opposite the notches or recesses 26 which are formed in theflanges 27 and which correspond with the notches 13 and 14 heretoforereferred to.

It will be seen that, by constructing a screen in the manner described,the two faces thereof are practically flat and either of them cantherefore lie close to a window sash or other structure and thus preventinsects from passing between the two structures.

What is claimed is l. A screen consisting of top, bottom and sidemembers each made up of a longitudinally channeled strip having one ofits flanges overhanging the intermediate portion of the strip, therebeing a notch in the other flange, a screen fabric having its edgeportion seated within the channels, and means for holding the fabricwithin the channels, each of said means including an elongated striphaving longitudinal flanges insertible into a channel and intofrictional engagement with the fabric in said channel and with thenotched flange.

2. A screen consisting of top, bottom and side members each formed of anelongated metallic strip having longitudinal side flanges, one of saidflanges overhanging the intermediate portion of the strip and the twoflanges cooperating to form a longitudinal channel, a screen fabrichaving its edge portions projecting into the channels, holding stripsinsertible into the channels and having means for frictionally engagingthe fabric therein, there being a notch within one of the walls of eachchannel for the reception of a prying tool, one of said insertiblestrips having an opening, and a box-like extension upon the strip andsurrounding the opening, said extension constituting a finger-receivingportion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM STEGER.

WVitnesses N. W. DICK, DORA M. CHENEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by,addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

